WRITE THAT BOOK ALREADY

Kathi Kamen Goldmark is the author of And My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You, a novel. She is co-author of Write That Book Already!: the Tough Love You Need to Get Published Now and The Great Rock & Roll Joke Book, and a contributor to several collections of essays including Mid-Life Confidential: the Rock Bottom Remainders Tour America with Three Chords and an Attitude. With her husband, Sam Barry, she writes a monthly column in BookPage called “The Author Enablers. Kathi is the founder and a member of the all-author rock band the Rock Bottom Remainders, president and janitor of “Don’t Quit Your Day Job” Records, producer of the coast-to-coast radio show West Coast Live, Author Liaison for Book Group Expo and Friends of the San Francisco Public Library’s Laureates Dinner, and winner of the 2008 Women’s National Book Association Award. She likes to think she is ready for anything. Visit Kathi at www.kathiandsam.net. Sam Barry is the author of the humor-inspiration book How to Play the Harmonica: and Other Life Lessons (Gibbs Smith Publisher, 2009) and co-author with his wife, author Kathi Kamen Goldmark, of Write That Book Already! about writing and publishing (Adams Media, March 2010). Kathi and Sam write a monthly column for BookPage called "The Author enablers" offering down-to-earth advice, reality checks, and encouragement to aspiring authors. The Author Enablers also have a blog. Sam works for HarperOne, a division of HarperCollins. He is also a musician and music teacher who plays in and around San Francisco in the band Los Train Wreck and tours with the all-author rock band the Rock Bottom Remainders. Sam is a regular performer on the national radio show West Coast Live. Sam is the father of two children, Daniel and Laura. Visit Sam at www.kathiandsam.net. and www.sayitwithbooks.com